| Description |
viii, 646 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-626) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The nervous system / Walter Wilczynski -- Endocrinology / Ceil A. Herman -- Biophysics of heat and mass transfer / James R. Spotila, Michael P. O'Connor and George S. Bakken -- Exchange of respiratory gases, ions and water in amphibious and aquatic amphibians / Robert G. Boutilier, Daniel F. Stiffler, and Daniel P. Toews -- Exchange of water, ions, and respiratory gases in terrestrial amphibians / Vaughan H. Shoemaker ... [et al.] -- Sensory mechanisms regulation the cardiovascular and respiratory systems / Nigel H. West and Bruce N. Van Vliet -- The influence of temperature and thermal acclimation on physiological function / Lawrence C. Rome, E. Don Stevens and Henry B. John-Alder -- Thermoregulation / Victor H. Hutchison and R. Keith Dupré -- Estivation and hibernation / Alan W. Pinder, Kenneth B. Storey, and Gordon R. Ultsch -- Striated muscle / Carl Gans and Greet De Gueldre -- Energetics at rest and during licomotion / Robert E. Gatten, Jr., Kirk Miller, and Robert J. Full -- Feeding and digestion / Lis Olesen Larsen -- Behavioral energetics / F. Harvey Pough ... [et al.] -- Growth and reproduction / C. Barker Jørgensen -- Developmental changes in physiological systems / Warren W. Burggren and John J. Just. |
| Subject |
Amphibians -- Physiology.
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Amphibians -- Physiology. |
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Amphibians -- Ecology.
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Amphibians -- Ecology. |
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Amphibians. |
| Indexed Term |
Amphibians |
| Added Author |
Feder, Martin E.
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Burggren, Warren W.
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| ISBN |
0226239438 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226239446 paper alkaline paper |
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